Man struck by machinery suffers serious head injury

A man was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries after he was struck by machinery at a property near Toowoomba.

UPDATE: A man in his 20s will be airlifted to a Brisbane hospital after a horrific machinery incident north of Toowoomba this afternoon.

Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics are working to stabilise the man before he will be airlifted by RACQ LifeFlight.

The man was reportedly crushed between an excavator and a bobcat while helping to clear a dam at a Cawdor property about 3.20pm.

According to LifeFlight, the bobcat got bogged in the mud and the man was helping to move it and was struck in the head by an excavator bucket when it dropped.

A QAS spokeswoman said the man had suffered "serious head injuries" and was being prepared for transport to hospital.

The man is in a critical condition and is being airlifted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

 

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INITIAL: A MAN was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries after he was struck by machinery at a property near Highfields.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said paramedics were called to the Cawdor Dr property at Cawdor about 3.20pm Wednesday with reports the man had been "struck by some machinery".

The man, whose age was not known, suffered a serious head injury and a helicopter was tasked to transport him to hospital.

The QAS spokesman said the man was in a "serious condition."